Early socialisation
Subtitle: sociability and attachment
By: Cara Flanagan
Series: Routledge modular psychology; Routledge modular psychology
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781003070979
Subjects: Socialization
Description: Early Socialisation looks at sociability and attachment and how they relate to emotional and cognitive development. Topics covered include: bonding, attachment, deprivation, separation and privation, as well as enrichment. Social and cultural variations are considered, and theories of attachment and loss are described and evaluated.
Notes: "First published 1999 by Routledge"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cara Flanagan is an experienced author and Assessor and TeamLeader for AEB A-level psychology. Her most recent books includePracticals for psychology (Routledge 1998), Psychology A-level studyguide (1994) and Applying psychology to early childhood development(1996). She is a co-editor for the series with Kevin Silber.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Acknowledgements; title: 1 Introduction; title: Some early views of childhood; title: The beginnings of childhood; title: This century; title: The maternal deprivation hypothesis; title: Evaluation; title: Imprinting and bonding; title: Imprinting, bonding and attachment; title: Bowlby's theory of attachment; title: Sociability; title: Cross-cultural research; title: Summary; title: 2 Sociability; title: Introduction; title: Innate social abilities; title: Specific behaviours; title: Emotional expression; title: Emotional sensitivity; title: Learned social abilities; title: Nature and nurture; title: An interest in faces; title: More and more smiles; title: Reciprocal relationships; title: Ethical and methodological issues; title: Individual differences; title: Innate factors; title: The influence of others; title: Summary; title: 3 Imprinting and bonding; title: Introduction; title: Imprinting; title: Konrad Lorenz and greylag geese; title: Critical period hypothesis; title: Sensitive period; title: Supra-individual; title: Consequences of imprinting; title: Evaluation; title: Bonding in non-human animals; title: Wire mothers; title: Experimental variations; title: Conclusions; title: Evaluation of non-human research; title: Bonding in humans; title: Skin-to-skin contact; title: Evaluation; title: Ethical and practical concerns; title: What bonding research means for attachment; title: Summary; title: 4 The attachment process; title: Introduction; title: What is attachment?; title: The development of attachment behaviour; title: 1 The asocial stage; title: 2 Indiscriminate attachments; title: 3 Specific attachments; title: 4 Multiple attachments; title: Understanding why these changes take place; title: Evaluation; title: Individual differences in attachment; title: Measuring attachment; title: What the Strange Situation measures; title: Types of attachment; title: Stability of attachment; title: Evaluation; title: The value of a secure attachment; title: Short-term effects: benefits of secure attachment; title: Long-term effects: emotional development and relationships; title: Long-term effects: parenting; title: Long-term effects: personality development; title: Long-term effects: self-esteem; title: Long-term effects: cognitive development; title: Evaluation; title: Monotropy versus multiple attachments; title: Monotropy; title: The case for multiple attachments; title: Evaluation; title: Summary; title: 5 Privation; title: Introduction; title: Children reared in isolation; title: The Koluchova twins (PM and JM); title: Genie; title: Evaluation; title: Institutionalisation; title: Skeels' study; title: Tizard's study; title: Evaluation of Tizard's study; title: Other studies; title: Romanian orphans; title: Conclusions; title: Reactive attachment disorder; title: The effects of privation; title: Some conclusions; title: Privation or deprivation?; title: A sensitive period?; title: Individual differences in coping; title: Methodology; title: What does it matter?; title: Summary; title: 6 Separation; title: Introduction; title: Responses to separation; title: Separation anxiety; title: Criticisms of the POD model; title: Hospitalisation; title: Hospitals and later maladjustment; title: Evaluation; title: Day care; title: Day care in a nursery; title: Day care with a childminder; title: Attachment to day-care provider; title: Evaluation; title: Divorce; title: Parental discord; title: Explanations; title: Final evaluation of separation experiences; title: Summary; title: 7 Social and cultural variations; title: Introduction; title: What is 'cultural variation'?; title: Cultural variations in attachment; title: Cultural similarities; title: The Strange Situation; title: The Strange Situation as an imposed etic; title: One or many attachments?; title: Are there any differences?; title: Attachment and economics; title: Conclusions; title: Cultural variations in childrearing; title: Studies of Western childrearing styles; title: Evaluation; title: Social class (sub-cultural) differences; title: Cross-cultural studies; title: Conclusion; title: Summary; title: 8 Theories of attachment; title: Introduction; title: What is a theory of attachment?; title: Attachment theory before Bowlby; title: Freudian theory; title: Behaviourist theory; title: Evaluation of Freudian and behaviourist approaches; title: The ethological approach; title: Bowlby's theory; title: The influence of psychoanalysis: maternal deprivation; title: The influence of ethology: attachment theory; title: A critical or sensitive period; title: Is attachment innate?; title: Monotropy; title: The internal working model; title: Caregiver sensitivity hypothesis; title: A secure base; title: Attachment theory; title: Evaluation of Bowlby's theory; title: Rutter's commentary: maternal deprivation reassessed; title: Other criticisms of Bowlby's theory; title: Final analysis; title: Summary; title: 9 Enrichment; title: Introduction; title: What is enrichment?; title: Cognitive development; title: Perceptual development; title: The effect of institutionalisation; title: Other studies of visual deprivation; title: Conclusion; title: Language development; title: Linguistic enrichment; title: Criticisms of verbal deprivation theory; title: Reading; title: Speech; title: Development of intelligence; title: Hothousing; title: Preschool enrichment programmes; title: Nutritional enrichment; title: Intelligence enrichment programmes: conclusions; title: Social and emotional development; title: Popularity; title: Attachment; title: Conclusions; title: Summary; title: 10 Study aids; title: Practice essays; title: Key research summaries; title: Bowlby (1946) Forty-four juvenile thieves; title: Schaffer and Emerson (1964) The development of social attachments in infancy; title: Fox (1977) Attachment of kibbutz infants to mother and metapelet; title: Glossary; title: References; title: Index.